GOSHEN - A Dutchess County man used hidden cameras to take videos of women and girls using the restroom in the pit area at the Orange County Fair Speedway, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Orange County Court.

Mitchell Lindsey, 22, surrendered himself Wednesday morning at the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Goshen. Investigators then took him to Orange County Court for arraignment before Judge Nicholas De Rosa on an indictment charging Lindsey with 116 counts of unlawful surveillance and 12 counts of eavesdropping, felonies.

Senior Assistant District Attorney Michael Milza told the court that Lindsey "surreptitiously and secretly" recorded videos of 28 different women and girls as they used a bathroom at the Speedway. Eleven of the victims have been identified so far. In a dozen of the videos, Lindsey's recordings captured conversations in which he was not involved, Milza said.

Milza said in theory, 28 counts could be run consecutively, and he asked De Rosa to set bail at $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond.

Lieberman argued that his client is a lifelong resident of Dutchess County, works in Dutchess, and has always made his court appearances for a misdemeanor DWI four years ago and on a pending marijuana violation in East Fishkill. Lindsey surrendered voluntarily in this case. Lieberman said.

The defense lawyer also said he questions the propriety of East Fishkill police who took Lindsey's cell phone, which led to the discovery of the bathroom videos. He asked the judge to set bail at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond.

Milza told the court police discovered the video after Lindsey was spotted in a Dutchess County Rite Aid trying to shoot video with his phone under a woman's skirt.

Lindsey left the store, but a witness was able to provide police with information that led them to Lindsey. Lindsey has not been charged in that incident.

De Rosa set bail at $5,000 cash or $25,000 bond. Lindsey returns to court on Sept. 19. He was taken to Orange County Jail.

One of the victims was a 17-year-old girl. Her mother made it to court for Lindsey's arraignment.

The mom said Lindsey actually stuck his phone through a hole in the bathroom wall alongside the plumbing below the toilet to tape her daughter Her daughter has gone to the races with her dad since she was 5, the mom said. Now, "she's afraid to go to the races."

"She felt violated," the mom said. "It just took that innocence from her and it violated her."